Sunday's Examination Of Eiken(SOL #15)

 　This week is almost over. Now, in this issue of SOL, I would like to write about the English test I took last Sunday.
　The Eiken was held at the Niigata University of Management last Sunday, and frankly speaking, I was extremely nervous. Even though I usually get close to 80% correct answers in past practice tests, I was taken in by the unique atmosphere created by the real test environment.
　Then, when the exam began, the first 25 vocabulary choice questions presented many more difficult words than I had imagined. I also looked through the long-answer questions, but the difficulty level of the subject matter was so high that I found it difficult to understand the content of many of the questions even though I read them carefully sentence by sentence, and I answered them with little understanding. And then there is listening, which is the devil's gate. Although there were a few questions in which I was able to clearly capture the intention, I answered most of them in a hazy manner.

　As a result, my score was

Reading: 31/41

Listening: 19/29

Writing: It would be too complicated to grade myself, so I will omit it this time.

　I don't know if I can pass the first exam with this score, but I will do my best since there should also be a second exam.